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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," what happened time and time again?
(a) Male slaves were regularly sold.
(b) Slaves were freed from bondage.
(c) Slave owners freed their slaves.
(d) Families were cut apart quickly and without warning.

2. When the speaker of "The Angels" reflects on what it must be like to be an angel, about what does she think?
(a) What is must be like flying between heaven and earth.
(b) What they must go through to continually come earth side to encourage us to not have fear.
(c) How simple their lives must be.
(d) What it must be like working for God.

3. In "Declaration," an unnamed ‘he’ has sent officers to do what?
(a) Sign a document.
(b) Harass our people.
(c) Arrest the thieves.
(d) Declare peace.

4. After driving for awhile, the character in "Hill Country" gets out and walks along a limestone bank, noticing what?
(a) The nature and wildlife around him.
(b) There is no one there.
(c) How the bank is eroding.
(d) The steepness of its incline.

5. How does "Wade in the Water" end?
(a) With the speaker going for a swim.
(b) With a question – Is this love the trouble you promised?
(c) With a bath.
(d) With the speaker being baptized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the speaker in "Ghazal" say has been taught their name?

2. What is NOT a reason why not being able to read or write hinders the paying of a pension deserved to former black Civil War soldiers?

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what is the general response in the list the responses of some when was asked their age?

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” the speaker says, although the slaves are now free, they are not really free, because they do what?

5. In "The World is Your Beautiful Younger Sister," the world is compared to what?

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